Stefan Simic

Striker - Zeleznicar Pancevo U18
20 Aug 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Stefan Simic

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The Zeleznicar Pancevo Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Zeleznicar Pancevo

Zoran Popović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Zeleznicar Pancevo come up short against Novi Pazar

Novi Pazar left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

No hiding place for Zoran Popović

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zoran Popović, and the manager let it.

Squad

Words at Zeleznicar Pancevo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benjamin Acquah is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of David Ankeye at his very best

Marked 8.07. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Zeleznicar Pancevo.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Predrag Tadic left the room before anybody could ask which.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Janko Jevremović

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Branislav Knežević

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Stefan Simic

Every debut is a small story about the future: Stefan Simic, 15 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief